"Finis vitæ in primis noscendus est, ut ad eum actiones omnes dirigere valeamus; non minus quàm naviganti portus ad quem deveniat ante omnia statuendus."
Ficinus in Platonis Philebum, Cap. I.
[CHAPTER I.]
INTRODUCTORY.
"Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies;—
Hold you here, root and all, in my hand,